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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose safety during the marriage ploy is at stake?

2. Which character takes ten years to finally return home?

3. Who is assisted by the heroic character to safety immediately?

4. What is sent back to the Greek camp to be sacrificed?

5. Who leaves behind a gift of a horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the women watch the unfolding battle?

2. Why does Cassandra choose to go to Hector's mansion instead of going straight to the temple of Athena?

3. How does Andromache try to calm herself?

4. What does Cassandra wish to confide in her brother?

5. What does Cassandra see when she enters the royal mansion?

6. What does Helenus reveal to his sibling about the horse?

7. What is the interaction that occurs between Hector and Andromache?

8. Why do Priam and Polyxena go to the Greek camp?

9. What is Helen's plan to save Troy?

10. How does Helen survive after the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of Polyxena's character in relation to Achilles? How does her knowledge of Achilles result in his death?

Essay Topic 2

Helen initially is envious of her cousin Penelope's love for Odysseus. How does this influence her attraction to Paris?

Essay Topic 3

What is the allusion offered by the horse that the Greeks leave behind? How does this contribute to the downfall of the Trojans?

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